{"id":32046,"date":"2022-02-22T18:00:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=32046"},"modified":"2022-02-22T18:12:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T17:12:08","slug":"bushati-spak-should-have-handcuffed-veliaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/bushati-spak-should-have-handcuffed-veliaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushati: SPAK should have handcuffed Veliaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SPAK should have arrested Erion Veliaj for giving the permit to the Tirana incinerator, a decision that should have been taken by the Municipal Council, said journalist Andi Bushati on Today.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted exchanging messages with another journalist, namely Desada Metaj, while mayor Erion Veliaj was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CaR8riiqTQE\/\">testifying<\/a> <\/strong>at the inquiry commission.<\/p>\n<p>Bushati said he was unclear why Veliaj was dodging questions on the very document he was called to testify on, but instead going on around other topics.<\/p>\n<p>According to the journalist, Tirana\u2019s mayor breached the law as he signed to something outside of his jurisdiction, as well as lied while under oath.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErion and his personal photographer showed that they are spying on people\u2019s messages. This news story was produced to hide the truth. That is if we would really have SPAK today if would have handcuffed Veliaj right away because he infringed the law \u201d, said Bushati.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor \u20ac90 million, he gave away for three decades something that he doesn\u2019t even have jurisdiction on. Secondly, he lied under oath\u201d, said Bushati.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/22\/veliaj-clash-with-tabaku-during-testimony-before-the-incinerator-commission\/\">Veliaj clashes with Tabaku during testimony before the Incinerator Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPAK should have arrested Erion Veliaj for giving the permit to the Tirana incinerator, a decision that should have been taken by the Municipal Council, said journalist Andi Bushati on Today. He admitted exchanging messages with another journalist, namely Desada Metaj, while mayor Erion Veliaj was testifying at the inquiry commission. Bushati said he was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[270,739,740,738,151,362,736],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bushati: SPAK should have handcuffed Veliaj - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/bushati-spak-should-have-handcuffed-veliaj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bushati: SPAK should have handcuffed Veliaj - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SPAK should have arrested Erion Veliaj for giving the permit to the Tirana incinerator, a decision that should have been taken by the Municipal Council, said journalist Andi Bushati on Today. 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